AllSports12
Moderator
Ouch..... this was obviously not handled properly. (and extremely disappointing that one of the other two officials did not step in and prevent this misapplication of the rules from happening)A player gets fouled getting a defensive rebound in the double bonus situation. At the same time another player on the team that was fouled goes down with an injury away from the play. The injured player gets subbed out. Who takes the free throws?
In the game I was at tonight the officials made the player that was subbed in take the free throws. Everyone was lined up and the official made the fouled player leave the free throw line and instructed the sub to take the line. The coach was then given a technical for telling the officials that the player that was fouled should be taking the shots. Whats the explanation for making the sub take the shots?
There are two situations where a substitute may shoot free throws....
- When a player who has been fouled cannot attempt the free throws because of injury or illness
- For any Technical Foul free throws (this includes the first and/or second throws)
min both circumstances, the head coach of the shooting team makes that choice